Combined pulverizer and planter.



v E. HUGHLAND.

TULVERZER AND PLANTER.

.WPLUHLTI'N' FILED JULY9,190S.

- Patented July 20,1909.

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J. E. HOUGHLAND. COMBINED PULVERIZER AND PLANTEB.. APPLIUATION FILED JULY 9.1908.

Patented July 20. 1909.

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qu uc u ioz C32/gi ma@ CINCH/1h35 l UMTD STATES. PA-' iiiisr' orrion JAMES E; HoUGHfLAND, or ELDoYN, iowA.

coimnmn rULvEnizEn AND Immun..

eNo. 923,452.

To all 'whom if may concern:l

. Be it known that I,JAMn s E. HoUGiiL-AND,

a citizen of. the United States, `residing yat Eldon, in the county'of Wapello and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Combinedv Pulverizer and Planter; and I dodeclare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a-combined pulverizer and planter.

- The obj ect ofthe invention is to provide a machine .of this character having means whereb the soil 'is thorou hly worked'up and u verized, seeded an the 'seeds harrowe( v1n all 1n one operation or going over the field.

With this'and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of v construction, combination Vand arrangement of arts as will be `described and articularly v.pointedr out in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isI a planyiewbthe machine'arranged for pulverizin'g and planting purposes, seed hop-' per being omitted to show the partsbeneath the same; Fig: 2 -is a side view with the near tudinalsectional view of tlge same.

Referring more particularly to the'draw-4 ings,'1denotes the main supporting frame, 3,5 which arearranged supportin inner ends 'of 'which are secured in suitable blocks secured to the frame, while the outer ends are secured in side extensions of thesu '401 orting frame.l forward :end of tl e rame 1 is su ortedfiipon afront axle, 4,

which is pivots; y. .eolmetedthereto an y suitable manner andlhasniounted on its en sl I yinacliin'e. O nA the operati stee 'f wheels, 4.

`side bars of the machine in the lcentrtlpart. of the rearporten of the 4frame-are mounted vertically disposed guide: standards,

i V Specification of Letters Patent. Appiicatio iiid July 9, isos. serial No. 442,708.

su orting wheel removed; Fig. 3 is a longiv PP Vfor yand blades thereon willlbe entirely disin the opposite sides of the rear portion of Wheels, `2,' which are mountedupon stub s afts, 3,. the

'ends of whichare'journaled in suitable bearsuitably connected to the supporting wheels, "2, toturn the same and thereby ropel the `-gears 23,. whic are loosely mountedon the.

Patented July 20, 1909.

said blades and forks being arranged in alter- 5 nate 'rows across the c linder to which they 55, are detachably secure in'any suitable `manner, the same being here shown as provided with reduced threadedshanks, 10, adapted to be inserted through apertures in the sides of the cylinder and having on their inner ends 60 clamping nuts which are screwed onto'said shan s and into engagement with the inner `walls of the cylinder, as shown, The bearing` boxes, 6, areV slidablyl engaged with they side bars ofthe standards, 5, and are loosely connected by bolts, 12, to an .adjusting plate, 13 between which and said boxes are arranged coiled springs, 14, which form cushions to permit thev pulverizing cylinder to ield or move upwardly when the cutting b ades or forks thereon come intoengagementwith an obstruction. To the fplates, 13, are connected the lowerends .o adjusting screws15, whiolrhavev a: threaded .engagement with the upper ends of the standards, 5, and 'are' provi ed on their up er` ends with operating wheels, 16,' wherelliy when the screws are 'turned in .one direction or the other, the biaar bemoved up or down to cause the blades and 'forksthereon to more or less deeply cutl into the earth, or by means of which the cylinder bev lraised -to .such an extent that the engaged froml the ground, as when the 'ina-4 '85 chine moved from one field to an- -mgs, as shown. On the extreme outer ends of the shaft-,17,arefxed driving sprockets,

18,fwhcliali'ecoimected by sprocket chains,

19, towlargehsprocket'wheels, 20, Whichare Isha t, 17, are alsomounted sprocket whee s, 21, which are connectedLby s rocket chains, 2'2, to sprocket 10o ends of the cylinder shaft and have a clutch connection, 24, with the opposite ends of the `c'ylinderwhereby the latter is 4driven when machine is ropelled in the forward direction.. The c utc members on thetgears 23 are held in operative engagement w1 the erating gears is provided to facilitate' the' operation of the saine when the machine is making turns and to prevent theretrograde movement of the cylinder Whenthe machine is backed.

On the forward portion of the frame isf arranged a platform, 26, adapted to support a suitable motor for operating and propellingthe machine, said motor being here shown and is preferably in the form of a gasolene engine, 27, the shaft of which is connected b y a. sprocket chain or other suitable lconnection to a differential gear, 28, on the operating shaft, 17.

Hingedly connected to the rear portion of the supporting frame 1 is a series of drill tubes, 29, the upper ends of which are connected -by feedtubes, 30, -to asuitable hopper, 31, arranged on the rear end of the machine as shown. Gn the lower ends of the drill tubes are arranged suitable furrowopening shoes, 32. cured to a suitable frame having upper and lower cross bars, 33,'the ends of which are pivotally connected to rearwardly projecting suppo; ting links, 34, the inner ends of which have their pivotal connection with the rear portion of the main supporting frame, as shown. To the upper cross bar, 83, and in alternating relation with the drill tubes is secured a series of liarrow teeth, 35, which serve to cover and work the seed into .the ground. By pivotally connecting the drill tubes and harrow teeth to the supporting frame as hereinbefore described, said tubes and harrow teeth may be raised out of engagement with thev ground. In order that the drill tubes and harrow teeth may be raised when desired, I provide hand levers, 36, which are pivotally connected at their lower ends to the supporting frame, and said levers are provided withpawls, 37, adapted to engage suitable racks, 38, whereby the levers are held in adjusted positions. The

lower ends of the levers, 3o,A are connected byy suitable connecting rods, 39, to one arm of bell crank levers, 40, on the rear portion of the'fianie, said bell crank levers having'tlieir opposite arms connected by links, 40, to the upper cross bars, 33, lwhich connect thc drill tubes. By this arrangement the drill tubes and' liarrow teeth may be readily raised or lowered and secured at the desired elevation.

Bythe arrangement of the cutting .blades and digging forks on the pulveri/iiiig cylinder, the ground over whichthe machine passes will 'ne tliiiiroughly cut and'orolien up and placed in condition to receive the seeds which are discharged'through the seed tubes' from the hopper, after which the seeds are covered by the liarrow teeth, thus preparing and seeding the ground in one operation or The drill tubesare se.

" ing l'raine` drill tubes and lhai-row ti-elli :it-

i l l l l -tionwill be readily understood without r`e` quiiing a more extended explanation.I

Various changes in the i'orin,'proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin` ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended` claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Let'- ters-Patent, is:

1. In a machine of the charapter de-r scribed, a main supporting frame, a pulverizing cylinder revo ubly` mounted in saidl frame, a shield plate arranged over said pulverizing cylinder, a seeding mechanism, said mechanism comprising a frame, horizontal connecting links pivotally connecting saidv frame with the rear portion of the main supportingfi'rame, a series ol' drill tubes arranged in said seeding attachment, a series of barrow.

teeth carried by said attachment in alternating relation with the drill tubes, meaiisunder the control of the operator to raise and lower said drill tubes and liarrow teeth," a seed hopper ovei the upper ends ol' the drill tubes, and means to operate said pulvei'izing cylinder, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, a

supporting frame, a drill supporting l'raiiiel mounted for vertical adjustment at the rear end ol' the mani supporting iranie, vertical drill tubes connected with the drill supporting frame, a hopper mounted upon the main supporting l'ranie, feed tubes ending lroin the upper eiidso'll the. drill tubes into tlic hopper, furrow opening slioesat the lower ends o'll the drill tubes, rearwardly inclined.

harrow teethI attached to tlic second named frame in alternating'relation with the drill tubes, and inea-'iis under the control ol' the op-v i erator for iu'ljusting the drill tube supporting l'ruiiie vertically.

Si. ln a inachine'o' the class described, :i main supporting l'ranie. :i shcond i'raine'consisting ol" upper and lower bars pivolcdly mounted at lllereurendol the main support-v tached to the pivoted freine, and means un-A der the control of the operator iorf raising f both ends ol the pivotr-d l'rann. Vsaid in aus comprising operating levers pivolcd to opi posite sides ol the supporting lranies, lit-ii lill) crank levers pivoted to the rear corners of the sup orting frame, connect-ing rods between tie vertical arms of the bell crank leveis sind the o erating levers, .and vertically disposed linlis between the horizontal arms of the bell crank levers and the upper cross piece of the pivoted frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto s et my hand in presence'of two subscribing wltnesses.

JAMES E. HOUGHLAND. Witnesses ADELBERT, CHRISTY,

WILLIAM NoWvIocK. 

